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J. S. FOLEY.

MATCH MAGAZINE AND LIGHTER.

No. 390,467. Patented 001;. Z, 1888.

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J A'MES S. FOLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSlG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH RUSE, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

MATCH MAGAZINE AN LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,467, dated October 2, 1888.

Application filed June 20, 1887. Serial No. 241.879. (No model.) Patented in Canada July 19,1887, No.727206.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs SAMUEL Forum, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, one ofthe United States of America, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Match Magazine and Lighter, (for which I have obtained a patent in Canada, No. 27,206, dated July 19, 1887,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to devise a match magazine and lighter designed to contain in a single line and in close contact a number of stubbed or pellet-shaped matches and provided with a plunger arranged to separately discharge the said matches, each match being instantly ignited by the action of discharging it from the magazine; and it consists, essentially, substantially in the arrangement and construction of the parts, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l is a perspective outside view of my match magazine. Figs. 2, 3, and t are sootional views of the same, showing the plunger in its various positions. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower part of the case, show ing the spring-finger thereon.

I have made my match-magazine larger in the drawings than I manufacture it; but of course I do not propose to confine myself to any particular dimensions or to any specific material to be used in its construction.

In the drawings, A represents a hollow plunger fitted into the cylindrical case B, the open end of which is formed with jaws k, to hold the match when it is forced out by the plunger, as will soon appear. The upper end of the plunger A. projects through a hole in the cap a, and has a knob formed on its end. A slot, 1), is made through the plunger A, through which a pin, (1, passes, which pin is fixed to the case B, so as to hold the plunger within the case, the slot b being sufilciently long to permit the necessary longitudinal movement of the plunger. A spring, 0, is placed between the shoulder 0, formed in the case B, and a collar, f, fixed to the plunger A.

The open end of the plunger A is divided so as to form independent fingers, of which the fingers g are shorter than the fingers h. It will be noticed that the difference between the length of the fingersg and h represents the thickness of a single stub-match, D, with which the hollow plunger A is filled. It will also be noticed that the fingers 9 have inwardly-bent ends and are constructed to spring outwardly. The case is provided near its discharge end with an ofi'set or contracted throat, or, as shown, to engage the fingersg to actuate the same as the plunger is forced inward.

\Vhen the plunger A is in its normal position, the fingers g are expanded, as shown in Fig. 2, so that their ends are clear of the inside surtace of the plunger A, the interior diameter of the case B being made larger at the point indicated for the purpose of permitting the said fingers g to expand, as described.

A spring-finger, E, is attached at one end to the case B, and is bent at-its other end so as to project through the case B and torn asupport for the stub-matches D when the plunger A is in its normal position, as indicated in Fig. 2.

When the plunger A is pushed toward the open end of the case B, the fingersgwill be instantly pressed inwardly, owing to the tapering form of the case B. By this action the fingers 9 separate the first stub-1natch from the others Within the plunger, so that the said stubmatch will be carried by the plunger A to the open mouth of the case B. As the stub match D nearest to the open end oil the plum-- ger A was resting upon the bent end of the spring finger E when in its normal position, the said match, in order to reach the open mouth of the case B, must be pushed past the spring finger E; consequently the friction produced by the stub match I) being pushed past the said spring will be sullicient to ignite the said match, so that by the time the match is carried by the fingers g and 7a to the jaws It, formed on the open end of the case B, the match will be blazing, ready for use.

As indicated by the drawings, it will be no ticed that the moment the match is pushed past the spring-finger Ethe said finger springs back into the case and resumes its position as a support for the main body of matches contained within the plunger. I

The stub-matches I) may be made of any suitable material and of any size. The form ICO I have shown will, I think, he the best. I also think that the cylindrical form of the ease and plunger will be most proper; but I do not wish to confine myself to either form or material in the construction of my invention.

W'herever in the following claims I refer to the term igniter I wish to be understood as meaning the spring-finger E or its equivalent.

Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. As an improved match-magazine, a hollow plunger designed to contain a number of stub-matches and having outwardly-springing fingers formed at its open end, arranged to grasp and separate the matches as they are discharged from the said open end, combined with an inclosing-case having an offset near its discharge end, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. As an improved match-magazine, a hot low plunger designed to contain a number of stub-matches and having spring-fingers formed at its open end, arranged to grasp and separate the matches as they are discharged from the said open end, in combination with a case designed to hold the plunger and having near its dischar e end an offset to engage said fingers, and spring-jaws formed at its open end and designed to hold the stub-match when it is discharged from the plunger, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. As an improved match-magazine, a hollow plunger designed to contain a number of stub-matches and having springfingers formed at its open end, arranged to grasp and separate the matches as they are discharged from the said open end, in combination with an inclosingcase and a spring attached to said case and arranged to ignite each match as it is discharged from the plunger, said case being provided near its discharge end with an offset to engage said fingers, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

L. As an improved match-magazine, a hollow plunger designed to contain a number of stub-matches and having spring-fingers formed at its open end, arranged to grasp and separate the matches as they are discharged from the said open end, in combination with a case surrounding the plunger and having springjaws formed at its open end and designed to hold the stub match when it is discharged from the plunger, and a spring finger connected to the case, designed to support the stubmatches when in the plunger and ignite them as they are discharged separately from the said plunger, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A plunger, A, titted into a case, B, and secured therein by a pin, (1, passing through a slot, 7), made in the plunger A, a spring, 0, fitted between the shoulders c on the case B, and the collar f, fixed to the plunger A, the fingers g and it, formed on the open end of the plunger A, in combination with the springfinger E, attached at one end to the case B, and having its other end bent so as to extend through a hole in the case B, made immediately below the normal position of the end of the plunger A, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. A case, B, tapering toward its discharge end, and plunger A, fitted into the case B and having formed on its open end the fingersg and h, the former actuated by the tapered portion of the case, in combination with thespringfinger E and jaws k, the whole being arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Toronto, May 31., 1887.

JAMES S. FOLEY.

In presence of- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, Crms. H. RIoHEs. 

